ECD&I (9th grade ELA) (Period 2) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Denise Gill
- Term
- SPHS 2019-2020
- Department
- English
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Rough draft of introduction and at least two body paragraphs.
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Have a Works Cited list and beginning of the paper. (This might be adapted in some way.)
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Rough schedule for the week:
Monday: SketchNotes for Chapter 13. (Yes, we are going out of order for a minute.) In the Notes, include connections to the background of A Raisin In the Sun's Mama. (If you are not able to take a photo of it to email me, let me know.)
Monday: SketchNotes for Chapter 13. (Yes, we are going out of order for a minute.) In the Notes, include connections to the background of A Raisin In the Sun's Mama. (If you are not able to take a photo of it to email me, let me know.)
Tuesday: Read/Watch Act 2, scene 3
Wednesday: Read/discuss "When South Pasadena Was for Whites Only."
Friday: Read/watch Act 3.
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Rough schedule for the week:
Monday: compliment somebody(s)
Tuesday: $$ in the 1950s--How much was $10,000?
Wednesday: Read/watch Act 2, scene 1 by today.
Thursday: Characters Dreams assignment
Friday: Read/watch Act 2, scene 2 by today.
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Planned schedule (information about assignments is on Google Classroom):
Monday: Write about IR book on turnitin.com. (Remember, this was what we were supposed to do when we left.)
Tuesday: Upload hello video.
Wednesday: Read and/or watch Act One of A Raisin in the Sun.
Thursday: Answer discussion questions for Act one, scene one.
Friday: 1. Comment on someone else's hello video 2. Answer discussion question for Act One, scene Two
Nothing will be "late" in the gradebook unless it arrives after 11:00am on Saturday.
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1. Publishing party today! Bring in a copy of your personal narrative OR your Romeo and Juliet essay to share.
2. SketchNotes Ch. 6.
2. SketchNotes Ch. 6.
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For each word, do the following three things: define, create an original sentence showing meaning, and create or find an image or symbol to associate with each.
- Aloof
- Ambivalent
- Apathetic
- Belligerent
- Candid
- Conciliatory
- Contemplative
- Derisive
- Didactic
- Dreary
- Ebullient
- Emphatic
- Euphoric
- Facetious.
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1. Quiz on A Different Mirror chapters 2-5.
2. Read an IR book and add a reading log (the 4th for this semester) to your notebook.
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1. Bring in any Sketchnotes (chapters 2, 3, 4) that haven't been checked.
2. Read and take Sketchnotes OR Cornell notes on chapter 5.
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1. If you haven't finished chapter 3 SketchNotes, complete them before class.
2. Read and SketchNote for chapter 4.
3. If you want to see the website for the speakers coming today, here it is: https://www.spokenlit.com/team
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Final draft of essay, ready to upload to turnitin.com and possible publishing party.
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1. Have a complete draft of essay, ready for peer review.
2. Bring A Different Mirror to class to work on chapter 3.
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Complete ROUGH draft of essay with introductory and body paragraphs.
A Different Mirror: Have SketchNotes for chapter 2 done or nearly done(and be ready to begin SketchNotes for chapter)
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1. Decide on main topics for essay, and start some sort of organization for the essay. It might be a rough outline or a chart, but decide which characters you will use for the essay.
2. Read chapter 3 of A Different Mirror, and bring in the book and any materials to continue SketchNoting.
Prompt: Evaluate and compare the decisions of Romeo/Juliet and at least one of the other stories’ lovers.
You will write about two or three different characters and each of those character’s decisions. Are the decisions wise? What are the influences on their decisions? What do the decisions reveal about their character? You may also want to consider if the decisions are realistic. Your final essay will be four to five paragraphs. All CDs should include (Act. scene. lines) or (page) at the end.
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1. Read chapter 2 of A Different Mirror and note any "I notice . . ." "I wonder" with post-its or index cards.
2. Bring A Different Mirror to class.
3. Finish any graphic organizers about decisions for the essay.
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Romeo and Juliet test today. Review questions are on Google Classroom. (Also a quick survey)
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If you are considering taking 10th Honors English and/or Honors World History, please bring me your form by today so that I may return it to you in time. It is one form for both classes, and you indicate on the form which one(s) you are considering. (Remember, your parent or guardian signs AFTER I fill it out. I will not complete it if a parent has already signed.)
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Act 5 Study Guide (on Google classroom)
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1. Bring in TWO copies of your final draft letter to mail and turn in today.
2. Complete Act 4 and study guide (on classroom).
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Bring your TWO copies of your letter to class today.
By today, you should have completed (on Google classroom):
The Figurative Language and Imagery assignment
By today, you should have completed (on Google classroom):
The Figurative Language and Imagery assignment
Act 4 Study Guide
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1. Bring your IR AND Romeo and Juliet book to class.
2. DO VL: Figurative Language 2 on classroom.
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1. Complete the Act 3 Study Guide on Classroom if you have not already.
2. Read more of your IR book and complete a reading log in your notebook.
3. Bring your IR book AND R and J to class.
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Add a reading log for your new IR book to your notebook.
Read scenes 1 and 2 of Act 3 and finish numbers 1-15 of the the Act 3 Study Guide on Google classroom.
Read scenes 1 and 2 of Act 3 and finish numbers 1-15 of the the Act 3 Study Guide on Google classroom.
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On Google classroom, do the 2 Voice Lessons.
Do/-review Act 2 SG.
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Complete letter asking for book recommendation.
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1. Open the attached "ToneDictionSyntax . . . " and keep the page open to the tone words.
2. Do the attached Voice Lessons in your notebook.
3. Find a mailing address for your book recommendation.
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1. Big quiz on Shakespeare's life and theater, Act 1 and Act 2 basics, and the terms--you should also know point of view/narrator, which we discussed multiple times before. (You may want to completes scenes 1 and 2 of the Act 2 study guide before the big quiz, but it isn't required.)
2. In-class writing assignment on Act 1.
3. Publishing party for personal narratives.
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Finishing reading the translated side of Act 2.
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Make sure you have definitions for the following terms, using this website to check any new definitions https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html
- setting
- mood
- tone
- characterization
- diction
- literal
- figurative language
- metaphor
- simile
- imagery
- stanza
- lyric poetry
- sonnet
- rhyme scheme
- rhythm
- alliteration
- aside
- dramatic irony
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Finish Act 1 Study Guide (on Google classroom).
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1. Finish reading the right side of Act 1.
2. Answer the questions for scene 1 of the Act 1 study guide (in Google classroom).
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Finish notes on Shakespeare's biography.
Finish final draft of personal narrative.
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You do not have homework over break. I hope you have a healthy and relaxing week.
If you would like to use this time to "get ahead" a bit, you could:
1. Edit or change your personal narrative
2. Read/take notes on the Shakespeare Bio PDF/PPT that is posted on my webpage.
3. Start reading Romeo and Juliet. https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/romeojuliet/
You don't have to do any of this yet!, but I know some students like to have things out of the way to free up after-school time in December.
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Complete personal narrative by today.
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At least one page of personal narrative done by today.
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1. Finish If You Come Softly by today.
2. Make your life map (this can be simple!) and bring in an image (print, create, whatever) that speaks to you.
3. If you have thing for the Walking Shield kids' backpacks, let me know and bring them in ASAP!
(I will need to buy anything not accounted for this weekend, so please let me know by Friday, if possible.)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZeoHoyRqCeVKRlt4neFekSeY5lp2tudfsH3Y7miH2cY/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the beginning of an example map--I didn't have colors to make it pretty:
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Read to page 141 of If You Come Softly by today.
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1. Read the excerpt from Hunger. Wherever you wrote about Roxane Gay's ESPN article AND Jaqueline Woodson's poem, add some notes--how has her life experience changed her perception about others both like her and with other needs and wants?
2. Keep reading If You Come Softly, and bring it to class.
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1. Read to page 59 of If You Come Softly by today.
2. Finish PART 2 of the Connotation worksheet (attached) in your notebook.
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Bring The Poet X to class today! After today, you may return the book. You may also return your memoir, if you have not already. The next independent reading assignment will be in semester 2, BUT you can always read on your own. :-)
(and keep reading If You Come Softly)
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For those who were absent/at ADL training for both periods 1 and 2: Make-up viewing of the last 35-ish minutes of Bend It Like Beckham after the picnic today. (I may also do one next Monday or Tuesday after school.) If you have access to the movie on your own, feel free to watch on your own.
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1. Be ready to write about your IR memoir. If you returned the book, make sure you have author, title, and character names.
2. Choose a second one of Ms Galiano's assignments and personally respond to it in your notebook.
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1. Read the linked essay by Roxane Gay. https://theundefeated.com/features/the-world-wide-open-roxane-gay-physical-transformation-bodys-unexpected-power/
2. Respond to the following:
What do you think is her primary purpose?
What details does she use that help you understand her perspective? Include quotes and explain what they reveal to you.
3. Prepare to write about characters in The Poet X. (Bring in your book!)
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Big ol' quiz today on:
Alma Mater
literary terms and SPHS writing terms
The Poet X
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Finish The Poet X by today.
On the back of your handout OR a separate sheet of paper, use a graphic organizer to compare The Poet X and Bend It Like Beckham.
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If you would like, you may bring in notecards and/or sympathy cards to write to Mr. Brown's family and/or Middle School staff members. Feel free to bring in extras for anyone who doesn't have some. I will make sure that they are delivered.
Read through page 304.
Read through page 304.
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1. Make sure you have uploaded your anthem paragraph to turnitin.com
2. Finish Cornell Notes for Ch. 1 of A Different Mirror. (You may leave it at home until I tell you to bring it in again.)
3. Complete PART 1 of the Connotation handout (attached).
4. Continue reading The Poet X/your memoir.
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Bring A Different Mirror (and Poet X/memoir) to class today.
Finish listening, taking notes about anthems--decide on your anthem(s) and write a paragraph on google docs. If you want, bring it on your phone (and bring earbuds/headphones) to share!
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Read Through page 178.
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Read through page 134.
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1. Finish Part 1 of The Poet X.
2. Be ready for a quiz on literary terms.
plot and its five parts
protagonist
antagonist
conflict, including internal and external conflict
stanza
imagery
speaker
point of view (and the different kinds)
Characterization types (direct/explicit and indirect/implicit)
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1. Add a reading log about your memoir/independent book.
2. Read some of The Poet X and remember to bring it to class.
3. Define the below terms using this link: https://literarydevices.net/
You may write the terms and definitions on a separate sheet of paper, notecards, or another method you find helpful:
plot and its five parts
3. Define the below terms using this link: https://literarydevices.net/
You may write the terms and definitions on a separate sheet of paper, notecards, or another method you find helpful:
plot and its five parts
protagonist
antagonist
conflict, including internal and external conflict
stanza
imagery
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1. Bring in a hard copy of your essay/excerpt.
2. Bring a book to read.
3. Make sure your notebook is up-to-date.
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Final draft of essay uploaded to turnitin.com before class today.
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1. Keep reading and bring in an independent reading book to class today.
2. Keep working on your essay. (Perhaps another mumble read?)
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1. Complete draft of essay due today.
2. Make sure you've read more and added a second reading log.
3. Finish Anticipation Guide in your notebook. (EDIT: we didn't get to this in class -- ah, Late Starts are so quick. We will move this to later. Make sure you have your image 2 and 3 comments/CW complete, though.)
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1. Have at least a page (or an intro and one body paragraph) of your synthesis essay written.
2. Read more of your independent reading book, and add another reading log by Sept. 20th.
3. Quiz today on The Alma Mater, purpose & audience, and SPHS writing terms.
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Write a rough introduction to the below prompt, and brainstorm or outline how you might respond.
Prompt: Write a synthesis essay, using multiple sources, that explains what you should do to be successful in high school.
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Write about specific goals you have for high school. Include at least one for reading, one for writing, one for another academic area, and one in a non-academic area. Then, write out a few specific ways you will work on your mindset toward these goals. Make sure these are all measurable--something you can know and explain through evidence when you have done it/ achieved it. Use last week's chapter reading and the TEDx talk to help you figure them out.
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1. Read your selected memoir for at least a half an hour, and create a reading log. (see post below)
2. Bring all of the Mindset information to class.
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Finish reading and taking notes on the Mindset chapter.
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Read/listen to Tony Hawk's "Do What You Love" essay: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5568583
then read/listen to Ying Ying Yu's "A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country" essay: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5552257
(If the links aren't working, use the word documents attached below.)
Then, answer these questions:
1. Hawk and Yu have essentially the same audience, but very different purposes. For each of them, write what you think the central purpose of the essay is, and explain why you think that is the purpose.
2. They both use personal details to support their points. For each of them, select at least two personal details given. Explain how the detail helps make their point stronger.
3. Which of them do you believe has the right idea? Or are they both correct? Explain your perspective.
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1. Read and listen to the attached "This I Believe" essay from Temple Grandin.
2. Determine what you think Grandin's central purpose is, and make this the topic sentence of a paragraph. Then, explain what parts of the essay support her central purpose. Use quotes and explain them.
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1. Returned signed slip about syllabus.
2. Quiz on Alma Mater and Purpose & Audience today.
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1. Alma Mater Quiz in class today.
2. If you didn't finish the English Inventory, please bring it to class today.
3. Same with taking notes on Why People Code Switch (this goes in your notebook, though.) https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/13/177126294/five-reasons-why-people-code-switch
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1. Bring THUG to class.
2. Learn the Alma Mater.
3. Take the Mindset Quiz, and write down your results in your notebook. https://mindsetonline.com/testyourmindset/step1.php
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1. Using the below link, define the following literary devices on notecards or paper:
Characterization types (direct/explicit and indirect/implicit)
Speaker
Point of View (and the 3 main types)
2. Bring The Hate U Give to class (and you may want to review the first couple of chapters before class, particularly if you read it awhile ago). You may leave A Different Mirror somewhere safe at home for now.
*Some people have asked about supplies for class. I don't have a supply list, but many students find it helpful to have something specific for what I call "the notebook." It may be a composition book, a spiral notebook, a folder, or even stapled together pages (as long as you don't lose any of the pieces). Obviously, you will need black or blue ink pens and/or a pencil, as well as paper for class, and at times it will be helpful, but not required, to bring different colored pens and pencils. We also will use post-its of varying sizes to annotate books. I have back-ups for those who need them.